The Leader of the Opposition, Moses "Shyne" Barrow, has received a formal response to his protest regarding the notice period for the House meeting scheduled for today. The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Valeria Woods, tells Barrow that the notice for today's sitting is not
A long, violent dispute that resulted in the shooting death of thirty-seven-year-old Leslie Gillett in January 2022, was decided upon in the High Court this morning. Earl Baptist, a resident of Police Street, who stood trial for the murder of the Burrell Boom businessman, has
While a conviction was secured in the High Court this morning, a murder suspect also managed to walk away from a charge that was brought against him in November 2019. Denver Bevans was accused of the shooting death of a Belize City fireman who was
It’s been two days since the government of Belize enacted another state of emergency and the Belize Police Department has issued wanted posters for nearly fifty men wanted under the S.O.E. Under an S.O.E., police officers conduct house raids, make arrest and detain individuals in
Another family member has come forward in protest of the state of emergency, which was brought into force on Tuesday. Since then, the police have been making the rounds in Belize City to arrest individuals believed to be involved in gang activity, in an attempt
A weather system that will cross this region over the weekend is expected to dump major rains over Belize. Chief Meteorologist Ronald Gordon says the system has little chances of developing into a hurricane before it reaches, but that we need to be alert and
On Wednesday, the Belize City Council issued a press release stating that it could not find a court ruling made several years ago in which the council has to pay businessman, Tony Novelo monies. Novelo had written the council seeking payment for over four hundred
More relief is on the way for the victims of the victims of the brushfires that raged in Toledo during the unprecedented dry season experienced this year. In response to the devastation, the Julian Cho Society, Toledo Alcaldes Association, Maya Leaders Alliance and its partners
The various city, town and village councils have held their hurricane preparedness training sessions and meetings for the 2024 Atlantic Hurricane Season. Today, the Ministry of Blue Economy held its first ever such forum and it had in attendance a host of government departments and
It is the largest oil-producing plant in the world and earlier this year, Belize experimented with the idea of growing the nut that makes African Palm Oil as an alternative to naturally-produced cooking oils. Experts in the agriculture industry believed the African Palm Oil had
